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+# Actix net [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/actix/actix-net.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/actix/actix-net) [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/actix/actix-net/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/actix/actix-net) [![crates.io](https://meritbadge.herokuapp.com/actix-net)](https://crates.io/crates/actix-net) [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/actix/actix](https://badges.gitter.im/actix/actix.svg)](https://gitter.im/actix/actix?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
+
+Actix web is a simple, pragmatic and extremely fast web framework for Rust.
+
+## Documentation & community resources
+
+* [API Documentation (Development)](https://actix.rs/actix-web/actix_net/)
+* [Chat on gitter](https://gitter.im/actix/actix)
+* Cargo package: [actix-web](https://crates.io/crates/actix-net)
+* Minimum supported Rust version: 1.26 or later
+
+## Example
+
+```rust
+fn main() {
+    let sys = actix::System::new("test");
+
+    // load ssl keys
+    let mut builder = SslAcceptor::mozilla_intermediate(SslMethod::tls()).unwrap();
+    builder.set_private_key_file("./examples/key.pem", SslFiletype::PEM).unwrap();
+    builder.set_certificate_chain_file("./examples/cert.pem").unwrap();
+    let acceptor = builder.build();
+
+    let num = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
+
+    // bind socket address and start workers. By default server uses number of
+    // available logical cpu as threads count. actix net start separate
+    // instances of service pipeline in each worker.
+    Server::default()
+        .bind(
+            // configure service pipeline
+            "0.0.0.0:8443",
+            move || {
+                let num = num.clone();
+                let acceptor = acceptor.clone();
+
+                // service for converting incoming TcpStream to a SslStream<TcpStream>
+                (move |stream| {
+                SslAcceptorExt::accept_async(&acceptor, stream)
+                    .map_err(|e| println!("Openssl error: {}", e))
+            })
+            // convert closure to a `NewService`
+            .into_new_service()
+
+            // .and_then() combinator uses other service to convert incoming `Request` to a `Response`
+            // and then uses that response as an input for next service.
+            // in this case, on success we use `logger` service
+            .and_then(logger)
+
+            // next service uses two components, service state and service function
+            // actix-net generates `NewService` impl that creates `ServiceState` instance for each new service
+            // and use `service` function as `Service::call`
+            .and_then((service, move || {
+                Ok(ServiceState { num: num.clone() })
+            }))
+            },
+        ).unwrap()
+        .start();
+
+    sys.run();
+}
+```
+
+## License
+
+This project is licensed under either of
+
+* Apache License, Version 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) or [http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0))
+* MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or [http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT))
+
+at your option.
+
+## Code of Conduct
+
+Contribution to the actix-net crate is organized under the terms of the
+Contributor Covenant, the maintainer of actix-net, @fafhrd91, promises to
+intervene to uphold that code of conduct.